Questions of Capital

Open call for juried exhibition

Guest Juror: Daniel Joseph Martinez

The Center for Social Inquiry at Pitzer College and the Pitzer Art Galleries are pleased to announce an open call for art works addressing the broad theme of "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)."

The rampant capitalism of the last decade, and its recent catastrophic crisis, has left us in a peculiar and unfamiliar space. Capitalist economic ideology and practices are suddenly under renewed scrutiny. "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)" invites artists to explore our current economic predicament and to consider a range of alternatives to it. Visual artwork in all media—painting, installation, sculpture and photography—is encouraged.

All materials for consideration should be submitted by 7/20/2009 to:

Ciara Ennis, Director, Pitzer Art Galleries, 1050 North Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 FMI:CapinQuestArt@Pitzer.Edu. Please make submissions in the following format: cd with images, dvd or powerpoint. Send artist statement and c.v.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Center for Social Inquiry at Pitzer College will be sponsoring a series of lectures and seminars that re-open questions about capitalism and its discontents—rather than treating capitalism, or "markets," as the all-purpose answer to social questions, as has been increasingly common since the 1980s in both American society and the larger global economy. This thematic inquiry will look backward in time to examine the most recent and earlier "busts" following capitalist "booms," and will look forward in time to consider the range of forms, both desirable and undesirable, that might emerge when the global capitalist economy "recovers" from its current collapse.

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